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The Balance Between Good and Evil and the
Lessons Learned as a Result
By: Don Corleone
3/16/04
Environmental Ethics
The famous philosopher Aristotle was once noted saying the ability for man to regulate his desires is not instinctive but inherently learned, and therefore excessive or in excessive regulation of every desire can create problems. Therefore, Aristotle proposes that in order to achieve harmony, man must find a balance between many extremes. Henry David Thoreau, in his work Walden and Civil Disobedience, also discusses the struggle to achieve harmony with many of the elements present in the world today, specifically highlighting the contract between good and evil. This paper will examine Thoreau’s views regarding good and evil, and then will explain the pertinence that these views have on man’s relationship with society and nature.
First, in the chapter “Higher Laws”, Thoreau discusses good versus evil and comes to the conclusion that one does not possess an advantage of the other, but that they are both necessary elements that make up human nature. ... For example, if the world were possessed of entirely good would we truly know what good is? It is only with the presence of evil that we are able to see good because the balance between the two forces is where we obtain our perspective.
Approximate Word count = 1094
Approximate Pages = 4.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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